Fence



(No Model.)

J. F. JOHNSON. Fence.

No. 238,693. Patented March 8,1881.

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JOSEPH F. JOHNSON, OF YOKUM STATION, VIRGINIA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,693, dated March 8, 1881.

Application led November 27, 1880. (N o model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatI, JOSEPH F. JOHNSON, of Yokum Station, in the county of Lee and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reilerence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' this specification, and in which- Figure l is an end view ot' my improved fence, and Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the ligures.

My invention relates to portable fences and it consists in the improvements hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, A A represent the posts or uprights, which are placed parallel to each other and connected at their upper ends by the upper flat rails or boards, B. Each pair of posts A A is connected to the two pairs next toit by the tia-t top rail, B, and also by the bottom rails, O O, which are placed obliquely, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, or with one end nailed to one ofthe uprights A, and the other end nailed to upright A on the opposite side in the next set or pair of posts.

D D are side braces, which are connected to the uprights A A by short arms or oblique side braces, E E, and cross each other on top, above the flat connecting-rail B.

Thus it will be seen that each post-section or fence-support consists of a frame composed of the parallel uprights A A, oblique side braces, D D, and arms E E, which said parts are bolted or nailed together to form a solid and substantial frame.

To build the fence the supports are first placed upon the surface of the soil and connected by the top bars, B, and bottom bars, O, in the manner described. The riders F are then placed in the clefts or forks formed by the crossing-of braces D D, and the panel is lled in by placing planks or rails G G upon the projecting ends of the oblique arms E on alternate sides of the central uprights, A. In this manner I construct a solid and substantial ience, which, while it can easily be moved from place to place, as occasion may require, yet will stand iirmly upon the ground unless purposely disturbed.

The panels F G may be made either of plank,

or of ordinary split rails, according to the kind of fence it is desired to build, and my improved f fence, while quite as solid and substantial as the worm or zigzag fence in ordinary use, and which it is desired to replace, requires a great deal less material in its construction.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot' the United States- The portable fence composed of the supporting-,frames A D E, in combination with` the riders F, top bars,B, connecting bottoni bars, O, and rails G, substantially as and for the purposeherein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH F. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

J AMES O. JOHNSON, CHARLIE A. JOHNSON. 

